Friday October 3, 2020
The weather is getting cooler, so I wanted to hunt tonight
Plus, I had some bucks below the house the night before.
So, it was my hope one of these big guys would have bedded
down below the house and would pay me a visit tonight.
Mud Duck is in for an oil change and maintenance.
So, I had to take princess (Dodge truck) down to the hunting spot.
It was a nice walk in
A little longer than normal because I had to park further away.
The water is down as there is no flooding only one little puddle
I kick up one deer as I am walking in, a doe
She is in the large food plot
My new stand is looking beautiful than ever.
Once I was settled in
I couldn’t help but notice the large amount of bird movement.
All I could see were yellows and blues
There were so many birds I was having a hard time watching them all.
Several of what I think were yellow rumped warblers
And……blue birds. Lots of blue birds.
And then just like that they were gone.
Maybe migrating through maybe not, I have no idea
Another doe out in the big food plot
To far away to shoot
About 15 minutes later a small doe comes out from behind me and to the right of me
I happened to be looking through the binoculars into the woods to the right of me
And the doe walks into my line of sight in the binoculars
She came out from the willows from behind me
She cautiously walked thru the small food plot
And then pranced within 10 feet of my blind
My long bow shooting window is open and she walks past that
Then she was out of site
I knew she had went into the woods
As she made the decision in her small tiny brain that it was safer to walk thru the
Woods to the big food plot
Than to walk down the path in front of me
Smart girl
For the next hour to the left of me 5 or 6 doe and fawn eat in the big food plot
They continue to eat in the field for the next 53 minutes, until closing time.
The last 5 minutes of my hunt, there is this doe in the big food plot and she is very curious
Always trying to look in in my direction.
I believe she want to come down the path in front of me to the small food plot.
She would creep closer and closer
And we would just sit and look at each other.
But the exciting news of the night was…….
I saw a buck
Roughly 630 he peeked his head out from the hidden path
I thought I had seen movement through the woods in the direction of the hidden path a while earlier.
Plus, we have a Cuddelink camera on this hidden path, as I was hoping to get him on camera.
Well we did it turned out to be blurry, go figures
Anyways he peeked his head out, he had a tall rack but it looked small
Not small small, but medium small.
I at the 1st sight made the decision he was not the guys I wanted to shoot
If he got within range.
And of course, he never did
He was probably 55 plus yards away(not very good at measurement)
He looked in my direction several time but wasn’t interested
He had other plans
He walked straight out from the path into the grassy area behind me
By the time I was able to get the binoculars on him, he was almost out of site
But then as I put the binos on him, he looked pretty enticing.
I was hoping for the next 23 minutes he might come back my way
Or circle around behind me in the willows
And come out on the other side of me to the big food plots but he didn’t
But I was already
The group of does and fawns munched the whole time in the big food plot
And the one curious little doe just would not give it up,
it’s well past closing she is 40 feet maybe form me
and she just stares in my direction
I slowly try to close the window as to not try to scare her
But she still does not leave
Even with me zippering the window closed.
She is finally gone
Packed up and ready to go
It was quite dark already
And I could not see around me
The last few time I have hunted it was light enough to make out shadows
Not this walk out.
As I made my way around the last curve to my truck
There must have been a doe and fawn on the path
Who must not have seen me until last second
As they ran quite quick
It sounds like the doe ran into the cattails right next to be
Really made my heartbeat and I could hear little movement to my left in front of me
My guess the fawn
As I continue to walk the fawn must have just been in the woods to the left of me
As I walked past I could hear it rumbling.
The boys made salmon, rice , and zucchini for supper
I realize I am a lucky girl
As I reflect back on the night
I have come to the realization that the stars must really have to align
In order for me to shoot a buck and I have seen bucks over the last 5 years.
Some shootable some not to my standards of course
Some close and some not,
But But But………
It must be a momentous minute when that right buck for me comes with in shooting distance,
How does that saying go right place right time?
Well until next time……..
